title: [Emergencies associated with the consumption of designer drugs, hallucinogens and amphetamines treated at 15 Spanish hospitals in 1994. Work Group on the Study of Emergencies due to Psychostimulants].
abstract: The clinical records of patients attended at emergency hospitals in fifteen hospitals in Madrid, Valencia and Gran Canaria during 1994 were retrospectively analyzed. Seventy-three emergencies related to the consumption of design drugs, hallucinogens or amphetamines (100 times lower than because of opiates or cocaine) were recorded. Apart from the responsible drug for the emergency visit, in most cases the usual consumption of other substances was mentioned. Acute psychopathological reactions predominated. Three patients were admitted and five were derived to other hospitals; the remaining patients improved and were discharged. The number of emergencies on account of these drugs is relatively low, with a proportion of less than one in 10,000 emergencies attended in these areas and might not radically change if the current predominant consumption pattern is maintained.
authors.affiliation: Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas, Madrid.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Arenas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barrio Anta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de la Fuente de Hoz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Royuela
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019969:Amphetamine-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D015198:Designer Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006213:Hallucinogens / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide / Q000506:poisoning; D008297:Male; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine / Q000506:poisoning; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013030:Spain; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D015198:Designer Drugs; D006213:Hallucinogens; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine
vernacular_title: Urgencias relacionadas con el consumo de drogas de diseño, alucinógenos y anfetaminas atendidas en quince hospitales españoles durante 1994. Grupo de Trabajo para el Estudio de las Urgencias por Psicoestimulantes.